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G L Loving

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PubMed2001

Values identified in different groups of Air Force nurses.

Fundamental personal values are reflected in the choices and decisions made in every aspect of our lives. This descriptive study identified values held by a convenience sample of 224 Air Force nurses stationed at four U.S. Air Force medical facilities. Study participants identified seven of eight literature-supported values in the categories "important" or "very important" across the demographic factors of age, gender, educational level, military rank, marital status, and years of Air Force or civilian nursing experience. These seven values were ability utilization, achievement, altruism, autonomy, economic reward, economic security, and personal development. Personnel using this information may ease the transition process to military nursing, facilitate job placement to positions reflecting personally held values, and provide valuable insight for Air Force nurse recruiters who have limited knowledge of the nursing profession. In all, this would promote job satisfaction and Air Force nurse retention.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed1997

Ingredients of an old and healthy life. A centenarian perspective.

This phenomenological study elicited centenarians' meanings of longevity and their perceptions of any common biological or psychosocial factors that they attributed to health and functioning. Twelve centenarians, ages 100 to 109, were interviewed. Common themes in their lived experiences included the meaning of long life, views of health, relationships with others, affirmation of worth, reasons for longevity, and God. Centenarians are long-term "survivors" with important lessons to share about high functioning, productive lives.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1993

Competence validation and cognitive flexibility: a theoretical model grounded in nursing education.

Baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of learning clinical judgment were investigated using grounded theory methodology. Comparative analysis of the qualitative data resulted in the development of a preliminary theoretical model, competence validation (Loving, 1991), a construct describing the process by which the student's identity as a competent nurse is established. The author postulates that the outcomes of competence validation vary according to students' perceptions of educational context. Two educational contexts, learning and evaluation, are described. Students' perceptions of educational context influence their motivational orientation which, subsequently, affects students' development of cognitive flexibility, the ability to find and apply information that is appropriate to patient problem solution. Findings from the study indicate that current evaluation practices in nursing education may negatively impact students' abilities to learn independent nursing judgment.

Adult↗
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Infusing critical thinking into the nursing curriculum through faculty development.

An important prerequisite to changes in an educational program's predominant philosophy and culture is systematic faculty development to begin and sustain the evolution. The authors describe how one nursing school implemented a faculty development program with the goal of infusing critical thinking strategies into courses throughout the curriculum.

Curriculum↗